If you’re a Southwest Airlines customer, starting today you can get free live TV onboard, thanks to the company’s partnership with Dish. Free live and on-demand TV is available on all Wi-Fi equipped Southwest flights, which is about three-quarters of the airline’s fleet.

Even better, you can watch TV on your iPhone or iPad instead of tiny screens built into seats. They spared no expense so Dish’s ‘Boston Guy’ surprised each of the more than a hundred Southwest Customers with a free iPad 2 in honor of the new partnership…

Passengers can stream live and on-demand TV to their iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, as well as to other smartphones and tablets.

There are 75 on-demand titles initially available for free, “a savings of $5 per day”. Neither company would say when this time-limited promotion is set to expire.

According to a media release, live and on-demand in-flight content is being served to customers’ iDevices via Dish’s Anywhere and Hopper Transfers apps. These programs also support DVR recordings and on-demand shows via Wi-Fi or Hopper Transfers.

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I was just on Southwest yesterday and I got the On Demand and Free Live TV. Fast and free.

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Can you just imagine that “one guy” who missed that flight….. LOL!!!

Dave Elg

I flew Southwest to Atlanta last week and had free live TV, but on the way back the TV was $5. I guess I managed to be on one of the test flights. Anyway, it worked great and is much better than watching the crappy LCD’s they use on the back of the headrests on other airlines.